Bath seat



Dea 24, 1929- s. J. DOWNHAM ET Az.

BATH SEAT Filed May 19. 1928 /far a/d 0 own/7am Patented Dec. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATH SEAT Application filed May 19, 1928, Serial No. 278,955, and in Great Britain December 7, 1927.

rlhis invention relates to seats for baths such as are used for ordinary domestic purposes. Such seats have heretofore been made dependent for support upon the upper edge of the bath and are in common practice carried upon Wire or metal rods terminating in hooks which are adapted to hool; over the curved edge of the bath the said hooks being` frequently covered with rubber or other suitable material to avoid damage to the bath. rlhe object of the present invention is the construction of a bath seat Which may be independent of the upper edge of the bath for support and which finds its suppport in a Wedging contact between the sloping inner faces of the bathsides.

In accordance with the present invention We construct such a seat having at its tivo ends abutments Which are adapted to contact with the sloping inner surfaces of the side of the bath and We cover these abutments with any suitable material such as rubber which may give to them a grip on the bath surface.

7e preferably carry these abutments on extension arms Which are attached to the underside of the seat and may be extended or Withdrawn so that the abutments may be adjusted horizontally of the seat and the distance between them may be increased or decreased in accordance with the requirements of various baths or different positions Within the bath. In order to make our seats more completely adjustable to the configuration of a bath We attach the extension arms to the seat in such a manner that they and the abutments may be adjusted angularly in relation to the horizontal centre line of the seat and ive so shape the abutments themselves that their faces may coincide approximately With the inclined surfaces of the bath sides. In order that this coincidence may be more complete We sometimes connect the abutments pivotally with the extension arms and transversely of the same as a further means by which they may adjust themselvesI to the inclined surfaces of the bath sides.

Our invention may be more completelyv understood by reference to the attached drawings in which Figs. l and 2 are an edge view and a plan View respectively of a bath seat made in ac* i cordance `with this invention.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of a seat with eX- tension arms carrying the abutments.

Fig. l is a plan view of the same.

Figs. 5 and 6 are an edge view and a plan view respectively of an extension 'arm and pivoted abutment, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a seat in position.

Referring to Figs. l and 2 We construct a seat S, which we preferably cover With a cork pad s and We form at each end of the seat an abutment s which We cover With any suitable material s which may constitute-a gripping surface in contact ivith the sides of the bath. The abutting faces t, t of these abutments We form at an angle to the vertical such as may be required to make them co incide approximately With the inclined sides. A seat thus constructed may be adaptable to various ybaths Within a small range and will lind its level between the sides at a point Where Vits abutments come to a Wedging contact therewith.

In order to make our seats adaptable to the various vsizes of baths in use we form the Wedging abutments on extension arms a, a see Figs. 3 and 4. These arms are attached to the seats in any convenient manner such as by screvv pins n, n fixed in the seat and passing through slots a a in the extension arms which are then clamped firmly against the seat by fly nuts a a. By :loosening the fly nuts the extension arms can be drawn in or out so that the total length between the abutting faces is varied to suit any given bath While at the same time the slots allow sufcient play to the screw pins to permit of angu' connected thereto the pivot point running transversely of the arms as shown at p.

By means of this pivot point the faces of the abutments may be adjusted angular-ly in relation to the horizontal plane of the seat so that they may make a perfectly correct contact with the bath surfaces.

that we claim is l. An eXtensible seat having means for sup- 10 porting it by .frictional engagement with the converging side walls of a bath tub, said supportingnneans being adjustable to different angles relative to the longitudinal center and vertical lines of the seat.V

15 2. A movable bath seat comprising a seat proper, end abutment supports and gripping means attached to said supports and adapted to support the seat by engaging with a wedging action between the sloping inner sur '20 faces of the sides of the bath, said abutment supports being adjustable longitudinally of the seat proper and means for securing said adjustable supports.

3. A movable bath seat comprising a seat .25 proper, end abutments and gripping means attached to said abutments and adapted to support the seat by engaging with a wedging action between the sloping inner surfaces of the sides of the bath, said abutments being 30 adjustable angularly in relation to the longin tudinal centre line of the seat and means for securing said adjustable abutments.

4. A movable bath seat comprising a seat proper, end abutments and gripping means 35 attached to said abutments and adapted to support the seat by engaging with a wedging action between the sloping inner surfaces of the sides of the bath, said abutments being adjustable longitudinally ofthe seat, and angularly in Vrelation to the longitudinal centre line thereof, and means for securing said adjustable abutments; Y 5. A movable bath seat comprising a seat proper, end abutments and gripping means A6 attached to said abutments and adapted to support the seat by engaging with a wedging action between the sloping inner surfaces, of the sides of the bath. said abutments being angularly adjustable in relation to the hori- 550 zontal plane of the seat proper.

6. A movable bath seat comprising a seat proper, end abutments, extension arms carrying said abutments. slots in said extension arms through which pass screwed studs of "55 said seat proper and ily nuts for securing said extension arms in relation to said seat proper while admittingr of longitudinal and angular adjustments and gripping means attached to said abutments and adapted to engage with s a wedging action between the sloping inner surfaces ofthe sides of the bath.

In witness whereof we have signed this specification. f

SIDNEY JOHN DOWNHAM.

s55 i HAROLD DOWNHAM. 

